RDS doesn't recognize my Defy :( - Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a motorola defy mb525 (red lens). It is bricked, battery is at 80%. So, i wanted to flash a sbf on it (i wiped data and cache in stock recovery) but after i enter in the bootloader and connect it to my pc (win 8.1) rds doesn't see any connected phone. I tried all version of rds lite and motorola drivers but nothing changed. Can anyone help me? Please

remix96 said:
I have a motorola defy mb525 (red lens). It is bricked, battery is at 80%. So, i wanted to flash a sbf on it (i wiped data and cache in stock recovery) but after i enter in the bootloader and connect it to my pc (win 8.1) rds doesn't see any connected phone. I tried all version of rds lite and motorola drivers but nothing changed. Can anyone help me? Please
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I have the same problem. :crying:
I tried to update to CM10.2 and made some mistake. After several trials and hard reserts I am only able to enter boot menu with POWER On und VOL UP. If I connect cableto phone, this recgnises it as cnnected, but RDS does not see my phone and I can not flash. I am also on WIN 8.1.

Try to launch RDS as administrator, it may help you.

Stoku said:
Try to launch RDS as administrator, it may help you.
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I tried it too but doesn't helps

What does your bootloader says? It should look like this:
Code:
Bootloader
09.10
Battery OK
OK to Program
Connect USB
Data Cable
Then after plug USB, Windows should recognize your Defy. If not, there should be problem with your drivers.
To enter bootloader, turn your phone off, press power on for a sec with Vol+ (don't release Vol+) then after 5seconds press power again.

Stoku said:
What does your bootloader says? It should look like this:
Code:
Bootloader
09.10
Battery OK
OK to Program
Connect USB
Data Cable
Then after plug USB, Windows should recognize your Defy. If not, there should be problem with your drivers.
To enter bootloader, turn your phone off, press power on for a sec with Vol+ (don't release Vol+) then after 5seconds press power again.
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Yes, i know. And when i connect it to pc with usb, it says:
Code:
Bootloader
09.10
Battery OK
OK to Program
Transfer Mode:
USB
But i still can't do anything.

remix96 said:
Yes, i know. And when i connect it to pc with usb, it says:
Code:
Bootloader
09.10
Battery OK
OK to Program
Transfer Mode:
USB
But i still can't do anything.
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I have the same behavior

I tried once more adviced process and now I could repair my phone!
It is definitely needed not only to run Windows as user with administrator rights, but also to set the aplication RST to run as administrator, as adviced in this thread. This can by made with right click on shortcut of RST Lite - select Options - Compatibility - and check Run aplication as administrator.
The description of steps to set must not be 100% correct, I am using another language version of windows.
But, the process worked now for me!
Thanks to everybody who helped and adviced us!
Now I am running stock Froyo 2.2 CEE and want to use Cyanogenmod 10.2
I can not start bootloader with custom recovery when pressing PWR and VOL- anymore. How should I proceed?

PeLo02 said:
I tried once more adviced process and now I could repair my phone!
I can not start anymore bootloader with custom recovery when pressing PWR and VOL-. How should I proceed?
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To enter custom recovery, turn your phone on, and when blue led appears (around motorola logo), press vol- once.

Stoku said:
To enter custom recovery, turn your phone on, and when blue led appears (around motorola logo), press vol- once.
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Not working, I get not led during starting phone. And if I press PWR On and VOL- simultaneously, I get triangel with ! and green android figure and phone stops.

PeLo02 said:
Not working, I get not led during starting phone. And if I press PWR On and VOL- simultaneously, I get triangel with ! and green android figure and phone stops.
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Have you installed 2ndinit and the recovery? Download this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1022582&d=1335285945, install it on your phone and open the app. Then press the "install bootmenu" button. Reboot, and when you get blue LED, immediately press volume down.
I assume you have rooted your phone.

PeLo02 said:
Not working, I get not led during starting phone. And if I press PWR On and VOL- simultaneously, I get triangel with ! and green android figure and phone stops.
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It seems that you don't have custom recovery installed and this is a stock one. To flash any custom rom, you have to root and install a custom recovery first. Root eg. with SuperOneClick, install and open 2nd init, then enter 2nd init recovery (VOL DOWN on blue LED) and install TWRP revocery package. TWRP is needed for new roms.

SOLVED!
Today i tried to install sbf with another pc that uses win xp. The installation was fine, it instantaenly recognized my defy
So, i think that RSD can' t work properly on 8.1. Now i am on CM11

remix96 said:
Today i tried to install sbf with another pc that uses win xp. The installation was fine, it instantaenly recognized my defy
So, i think that RSD can' t work properly on 8.1. Now i am on CM11
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Windows XP has a different approach to running applications.
Since windows Vista was released, MS changed the policy of how apps run.
For apps that access crucial resources need Administrator rights(similar to root permissions). RSD Lite is one such application so it requires to run as admin.
DROID RAZR with Tapatalk 4

neo.ank said:
Windows XP has a different approach to running applications.
Since windows Vista was released, MS changed the policy of how apps run.
For apps that access crucial resources need Administrator rights(similar to root permissions). RSD Lite is one such application so it requires to run as admin.
DROID RAZR with Tapatalk 4
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Heiiiii, can you read?? I said that i've tried a lot of times to run as admin, but it doesn't change anything!

@remix96:
Have you tried to run RSDLite on Windows 8 in compatibility mode with Windows XP? On Windows 7 64bit it works perfectly.

thrackanomir said:
@remix96:
Have you tried to run RSDLite on Windows 8 in compatibility mode with Windows XP? On Windows 7 64bit it works perfectly.
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Yes, i tried with xp sp2 and sp3.

thrackanomir said:
@remix96:
Have you tried to run RSDLite on Windows 8 in compatibility mode with Windows XP? On Windows 7 64bit it works perfectly.
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RSD works on 8.1 and it doesn't need any compatibility modes.
@remix96: nice to hear that you've solved your problem

Stoku said:
RSD works on 8.1 and it doesn't need any compatibility modes.
@remix96: nice to hear that you've solved your problem
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Works? Can you tell me with which version of rsd and drivers?

remix96 said:
Works? Can you tell me with which version of rsd and drivers?
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Yep, it works. RSD v5.6, I'm not sure about drivers, but probably newest ones.
It's what I found in my downloads dir:
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Motorola Device Manager 2.4.5
Flashtool 0.9.0.0

Related

Plz Help can't find anything on Internet about my problem

I really hope there is somebody with insight about my problem with my Samsung Omnia b7610.
A while a go I wanted to flash my Omnia (original version 6.5 from Samsung site)
It wend wrong...
When I now turn on my phone and connect it to PC, I only see the Battery charging. When I turn the phone on I only see the SAMSUNG logo.
I remember that before I could see a picture of a phone connecting to a pc. But that picture doesnt come anymore. So I Cant flash the phone anymore.
Hard reset doesnt work.
I tried Octans. Detect device doesnt work.
I use Win7 installed drivers and I can see in System Management that under phones Samsung MIT's USB sync is installed. That's all the phone can do right now.
I hope somebody can help me. Is there for example a way to get into a bootloader menu like the HD2 phone?
Thnx,
http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000-omnia-ii-gsm-rom-discussion/294673/guide-to-flash-on-windows-7/
Try this flash tutorial for windows 7 x32
I used it for my flashings and it works.
One thing that you should verify is on the OCTANS or OCTANS MINI exe, the compatibility should be for Win XP.
After that if you have the drivers already installed, the phone should be detected after pressing "detect"
JUST PLUG THE PHONE AFTER PRESSING DETECT
if you don't do it it will start charging and does nothing
Thanks for reaction but...
real_life said:
http://www.modaco.com/content/i8000-omnia-ii-gsm-rom-discussion/294673/guide-to-flash-on-windows-7/
Try this flash tutorial for windows 7 x32
I used it for my flashings and it works.
One thing that you should verify is on the OCTANS or OCTANS MINI exe, the compatibility should be for Win XP.
After that if you have the drivers already installed, the phone should be detected after pressing "detect"
JUST PLUG THE PHONE AFTER PRESSING DETECT
if you don't do it it will start charging and does nothing
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Tried this, and I also tried it on a XP machine now...
I think the problem is that I only see the Samsung logo on startup. I can remember that first I saw a picture of a phone connecting to a pc. It just stops at the Samsung logo...
Thanx for reply...
just get octans 2.14 download any rom from modaco
1 take battery out put it back
2 start octans chose pda (*.nb0)
3 thick skip os updating from movinand, erase nv pda , start download immediately
4 click detect
plugin the usb into the device (must be off)
then a few sec download will start.

[Q] Anyone have good SBF instructions?

I downloaded all the proper SBF files (VRZ_MB810_2.3.15_1FF_01.sbf) and RSD Lite the drivers updated and when I go to bootloader and hook up my USB it does not show the "connected" status in RSD lite. Tried to reinstall and everything. Any thoughts or tips? I would like to get the latest update. I was rooted with Z4, but I unrooted and tried to attempt this. Please help.
Thanks.
Did you change the settings to media connection and enable usb debugging?
Yes usher debugging on and I tried all of the selections.
I would highly recommend using linux to sbf as you don't have to worry about getting the correct drivers. Instructions are at rootzwiki.com. I just did this 2 days ago to get the OTA and it was very painless.
Riddlin said:
I downloaded all the proper SBF files (VRZ_MB810_2.3.15_1FF_01.sbf) and RSD Lite the drivers updated and when I go to bootloader and hook up my USB it does not show the "connected" status in RSD lite. Tried to reinstall and everything. Any thoughts or tips? I would like to get the latest update. I was rooted with Z4, but I unrooted and tried to attempt this. Please help.
Thanks.
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I ran into the same issue, but realized that people were using mixed terminology for two different things. Make sure that you're powering on the phone by pressing Power, Volume Down, and Camera buttons at the same time, and then wait a second or two, and release them. Then you should have some white, DOS like text show up on the screen. If you're doing the Power + Home button and pressing search button to bring up a blue text screen, that's not the right procedure for SBF. Hopefully that's all it is.
Are you using RSD Lite 4.8 or above? Try rebooting your phone and your PC. If that doesn't work, try another USB port and/or cable.
Riddlin said:
I downloaded all the proper SBF files (VRZ_MB810_2.3.15_1FF_01.sbf) and RSD Lite the drivers updated and when I go to bootloader and hook up my USB it does not show the "connected" status in RSD lite. Tried to reinstall and everything. Any thoughts or tips? I would like to get the latest update. I was rooted with Z4, but I unrooted and tried to attempt this. Please help.
Thanks.
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Download RSDlite 4.8
Download the latest SBF
Switch your device to PC mode
Turn on debugging mode (settings>applications>development>debugging mode)
Launch RSDLite (make sure device appears in window)
Select SBF (make sure it's the .sbf and not the .zip you downloaded)
Click Start
Device will switch to bootloader and begin the flashing process and will reboot when it is complete. RSDlite will say PASS.
One thing that most people forget to include in posting sbf/rdslite instructions is that you NEED the Droid X USB drivers installed. Get it from Motorola here and your phone will then show up in RDSLite.
http://www.motorola.com/consumers/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bda09ec8009a0210VgnVCM1000008806b00aRCRD
95cobby said:
Download RSDlite 4.8
Download the latest SBF
Switch your device to PC mode
Turn on debugging mode (settings>applications>development>debugging mode)
Launch RSDLite (make sure device appears in window)
Select SBF (make sure it's the .sbf and not the .zip you downloaded)
Click Start
Device will switch to bootloader and begin the flashing process and will reboot when it is complete. RSDlite will say PASS.
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Yep this is exactly what I did. RSDlite does not recognize my phone. I am using Rsdlite 4.8 also.
Just tried another different computer and its working. Very odd. Well anyway I hope to report back that everything went good. I will let you know.
Make sure you have the Moto drivers installed.
All is good. Got it to work and it worked flawlessly.

[Q] How to bypass a boot logo ? (yes I can't specify the title)

Hi
Well, the problem is I have a rooted defy with JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_179-002_DEBLUR and CM JORDAN 7.10 - all of that worked fine until I broke my usb port (physically) and I had to send the phone for repair (everything was working fine except charging). After I got it back, It will not boot - gets stuck on the motorola logo. I though I will just reflash it and everything will be fine but the big problem is that the phone is not recognized by the PC. All I can do is enter 2init, stock recovery or the stock bootloader.
What should I do to fix this booting problem ?
Thank You for any time you've managed to help solve this issue.
MODS PLEASE CHANGE THE TITLE TO :
[PROBLEM] Can't bypass the boot logo
Sorry for the fuss
deamion said:
Hi
Well, the problem is I have a rooted defy with JRDNEM_U3_3.4.2_179-002_DEBLUR and CM JORDAN 7.10 - all of that worked fine until I broke my usb port (physically) and I had to send the phone for repair (everything was working fine except charging). After I got it back, It will not boot - gets stuck on the motorola logo. I though I will just reflash it and everything will be fine but the big problem is that the phone is not recognized by the PC. All I can do is enter 2init, stock recovery or the stock bootloader.
What should I do to fix this booting problem ?
Thank You for any time you've managed to help solve this issue.
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[PROBLEM] Can't bypass the boot logo
Sorry for the fuss
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Did you tried wiping data/cache from the Recovery menu??
if not then try this and update us.
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E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/caller
data wipe complete.
E:Can't mount CACHE: recovery/log
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after reboot same situation
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E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/caller
data wipe complete.
E:Can't mount CACHE: recovery/log
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after reboot same situation
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Arrange a Micro USB cable and use RSD lite to flash with someFroyo SBF.
RSD LITE does not see the phone.
deamion said:
RSD LITE does not see the phone.
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Install the motorola drivers on your PC, theb connect your phone in bootloader mode to PC. Then it should work normally
Motorola Defy, CM7 @ 1Ghz + CM9 multiboot
[Guide] Install double boot CM7 + CM9
[Guide][Root needed] Unsimlock your Defy
I have the drivers - none of my PC's see the phone, it's like I haven't connected it at all - the only thing thats happening while being plugged is charging.
deamion said:
I have the drivers - none of my PC's see the phone, it's like I haven't connected it at all - the only thing thats happening while being plugged is charging.
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Try uninstalling/re-installing the PC drivers again. If still does not work try using another PC.
Refer to this article for PC drivers and more information:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
Hope this helps!
Nothing happens when I launch RSD - I have the drivers installed on 3 machines 64 bit...
deamion said:
Nothing happens when I launch RSD - I have the drivers installed on 3 machines 64 bit...
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Try using below mentioned steps from the All in one Defy beginner guide:
How to Flash
Ok! Now that we understand how a lot of stuff works, it’s rather easy to get a new Android version installed on your phone.
For any full SBF the same steps must be always done, just be sure to know what SBF are you flashing and keep always in mind your CG Version to keep the possibility to downgrade in case you need your warranty.
Requirements
Get the SBF you want to flash
- Full SBF: No Nandroid backup needed, always keep CG versioning in mind.
- Fixed SBF: You might need a matching Nandroid Backup.
Get and Install RSD Lite v4.9: There are reports of other versions working, but this one is what I have used.
Get and Install Motorola Drivers [32bits] [64bits]
Now to Business:
To Flash full SBFs, here is the standard procedure:
Open RSD Lite: Click on [ … ] Button and select your .SBF (Remember to rename to a short name and put it on root of your PC) and click Open.
Boot your phone into Bootloader Mode (check last section if you don’t know how to do it).
Now connect your Defy to your PC
The START button on RSD Lite should be available now, click and wait.
For Fixed SBFs a slightly different method is needed, it's basically the same but you need to Wipe Dalvik Cache and Data before flashing. Then after flashing you need to enter immediately to Recovery and restore the matching Nandroid Backup. I won’t write a specific way to do it here, since most of these versions require different steps (for Example CM7 or MIUI), so is better to check a specific guide for your Custom ROM or Android version.
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ref: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982
I hope you can go into Bootloader via Pressing Vol up and Power off button together when phone is off.
deamion said:
Nothing happens when I launch RSD - I have the drivers installed on 3 machines 64 bit...
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Putting it bluntly: Your USB port is still broken! Similar thing happened to me in my other phone when I was little mad and ended up breaking the USB port(nothing can be seen physically though)! After that PC won't recognise the phone but it charges fine both via USB and charger. The problem arises because though the pins connecting the physical port with the phone board that are responsible for charging are fine one or both of the other two ports may be broken!
Summary: There are four pins in USB two used for data transfer and other two for power, In this case one or either of the two data transfer port is broken!
pranks1989 said:
Putting it bluntly: Your USB port is still broken! Similar thing happened to me in my other phone when I was little mad and ended up breaking the USB port(nothing can be seen physically though)! After that PC won't recognise the phone but it charges fine both via USB and charger. The problem arises because though the pins connecting the physical port with the phone board that are responsible for charging are fine one or both of the other two ports may be broken!
Summary: There are four pins in USB two used for data transfer and other two for power, In this case one or either of the two data transfer port is broken!
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You can try mounting the SDCard or run adb from CWM (usb cable plugged in the pc). If they dont't work you can confirm that the USB port is still broken or just the charging part of it is working.

[Q] Defy bricked and doesn't detect my phone on any systems

I have tried all different cables and computers... i just get unknown device when i plug my phone in rsd lite... i tried to change the usb charging port still no success in it... i have uninstalled and installed the motorola drivers and tried all available rsd lite... but no success :crying: any help to sort this issue...
sunnysays said:
I have tried all different cables and computers... i just get unknown device when i plug my phone in rsd lite... i tried to change the usb charging port still no success in it... i have uninstalled and installed the motorola drivers and tried all available rsd lite... but no success :crying: any help to sort this issue...
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Are you able to enter bootloader mode on your phone? (Power on while holding the "volume up" button. If that doesn't work, try pulling the battery and re-inserting it while holding the power and volume up buttons.) Then try connecting to RSD Lite.
If all else fails, you could try using the sbf_flash tool in a linux environment. See here and here for guides.
If you don't have a computer with Linux, you can run it from a usb thumb drive with this. If you haven't used linux before, Ubuntu is probably easiest to use.
i am able to enter to bootloader mode but the phone is been detected as UNKNOWN DEVICE...
Proverbs2 said:
Are you able to enter bootloader mode on your phone? (Power on while holding the "volume up" button. If that doesn't work, try pulling the battery and re-inserting it while holding the power and volume up buttons.) Then try connecting to RSD Lite.
If all else fails, you could try using the sbf_flash tool in a linux environment. See here and here for guides.
If you don't have a computer with Linux, you can run it from a usb thumb drive with this. If you haven't used linux before, Ubuntu is probably easiest to use.
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i am able to enter to bootloader mode but the phone is been detected as UNKNOWN DEVICE... any idea to do it windows
sunnysays said:
i am able to enter to bootloader mode but the phone is been detected as UNKNOWN DEVICE... any idea to do it windows
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Did you install the moto drivers on your PC?
Proverbs2 said:
Did you install the moto drivers on your PC?
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yup all latest drives... i have tried uninstalling and installing multiple times but of no use
sunnysays said:
yup all latest drives... i have tried uninstalling and installing multiple times but of no use
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That's strange. Does the Bootloader screen say "Battery OK, OK to program, Connect USB Data Cable"? Do you see anything else in RSD Lite besides "Unknown Device"?
You could try using USBDeview on your PC to try to figure out what sort of device your PC thinks your phone is. If the phone is in bootloader mode connected properly, you should see "Motorola Flash Interface" listed under the connected devices, and if you double-click on it, you'll see more information that might help with troubleshooting. What driver version do you see there?
I've attached a screenshot so you can see what it's supposed to look like.
Proverbs2 said:
That's strange. Does the Bootloader screen say "Battery OK, OK to program, Connect USB Data Cable"? Do you see anything else in RSD Lite besides "Unknown Device"?
You could try using USBDeview on your PC to try to figure out what sort of device your PC thinks your phone is. If the phone is in bootloader mode connected properly, you should see "Motorola Flash Interface" listed under the connected devices, and if you double-click on it, you'll see more information that might help with troubleshooting. What driver version do you see there?
I've attached a screenshot so you can see what it's supposed to look like.
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Bootloader screen say Battery OK, OK to program, Transfer mode :USB the problem is my windows doesnt detect the device and RSD lite doesnt show my device
sunnysays said:
Bootloader screen say Battery OK, OK to program, Connect USB Data Cable Transfer mode :USB the problem is my windows doesnt detect the device and RSD lite doesnt show my device
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Ok, what do you see in USBDeview?
Try in another pc or in a virtual machine of Windows XP, or check in which usb port you're plugging on the cable, in my computer with Windows 8 for example, I have 4 ports on the back of the cpu and 2 on the front, the front ones don't work to use RDSLite but they work for mass storage and debugging without any problems, but for RDSLite I have to use the back ports
Sent from my MB526 using Tapatalk
Proverbs2 said:
Ok, what do you see in USBDeview?
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i see nothing
DiegoxG said:
Try in another pc or in a virtual machine of Windows XP, or check in which usb port you're plugging on the cable, in my computer with Windows 8 for example, I have 4 ports on the back of the cpu and 2 on the front, the front ones don't work to use RDSLite but they work for mass storage and debugging without any problems, but for RDSLite I have to use the back ports
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I have tried it on other pc and on xp to and tried different usb port and cables too but no use
Looks like you're using an old version of RDSLite, why not trying another one? Maybe 5.6
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DiegoxG said:
Looks like you're using an old version of RDSLite, why not trying another one? Maybe 5.6
Sent from my MB526 using Tapatalk
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tried all rsd lite version
sunnysays said:
i see nothing
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That's not good. If your phone is going into bootloader mode but USBDeview isn't picking up any signal from the USB, it may be a hardware problem. How did your phone get bricked? Was its USB port working properly before that?
Proverbs2 said:
That's not good. If your phone is going into bootloader mode but USBDeview isn't picking up any signal from the USB, it may be a hardware problem. How did your phone get bricked? Was its USB port working properly before that?
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it was working properly before... i have tried different usb charging port too.. but still face the same problem :crying: phone got bricked by using defy_safe_wipe and i rebooted accidentally :crying:
sunnysays said:
it was working properly before... i have tried different usb charging port too.. but still face the same problem :crying: phone got bricked by using defy_safe_wipe and i rebooted accidentally :crying:
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Hmm, the safewipe script isn't supposed to touch the recovery partition. Can you get into stock recovery? (Take the battery out, then put it back in while holding the volume down and power buttons at the same time.) If you can get into the stock recovery, do a full factory reset, then try flashing an sbf again.
Proverbs2 said:
Hmm, the safewipe script isn't supposed to touch the recovery partition. Can you get into stock recovery? (Take the battery out, then put it back in while holding the volume down and power buttons at the same time.) If you can get into the stock recovery, do a full factory reset, then try flashing an sbf again.
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i tried it .. but no stock recovery if i hold it upto 10 mins with volume down and power button.. its totally bricked... only thing is i can get into bootloader....
sunnysays said:
i tried it .. but no stock recovery if i hold it upto 10 mins with volume down and power button.. its totally bricked... only thing is i can get into bootloader....
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I'm afraid I'm out of ideas, except for trying the sbf_flash tool in Linux. (It's not that hard to use, and you don't have to install Linux on your PC; you can just run it from a usb drive.)
Proverbs2 said:
I'm afraid I'm out of ideas, except for trying the sbf_flash tool in Linux. (It's not that hard to use, and you don't have to install Linux on your PC; you can just run it from a usb drive.)
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Fine will give a try and let u know

Bricked Jiayu S3 Advanced help!

Yesterday i flashed my Jiayu S3 to lolipop (i tought) and i just bricked my phone!
After reboot it was just dead.. when i plug into pc with USB i hear the connect sound and after 2 seconds the disconnect sound. This keeps on going until i pull the USB plug. When i look in DeviceManager i see it refresh after every sound, but nothing pops up (unknown device or whatever). I deletet all usb drivers with usbdeview, restart pc but still no changes.
I tried with or without battery, but without it does nothing at all.. i tried holding Vol+ or - or both or with power button, but nothing.
Read some threads about unbrick and install correct usb driver for jiayu s3, but all the options they came with does not work on my device!
I'm a little despered now and don't know what to do.. i get the feeling that my 2 weeks old phone is dead? :'(
My pc has windows 7
Did the flash with SP Flashtool 5.1516
Did not untick preload in flashtool, i guess i got the wrong preload or something??
Please help!
No one..? :crying:
Lowrida said:
Yesterday i flashed my Jiayu S3 to lolipop (i tought) and i just bricked my phone!
After reboot it was just dead.. when i plug into pc with USB i hear the connect sound and after 2 seconds the disconnect sound. This keeps on going until i pull the USB plug. When i look in DeviceManager i see it refresh after every sound, but nothing pops up (unknown device or whatever). I deletet all usb drivers with usbdeview, restart pc but still no changes.
I tried with or without battery, but without it does nothing at all.. i tried holding Vol+ or - or both or with power button, but nothing.
Read some threads about unbrick and install correct usb driver for jiayu s3, but all the options they came with does not work on my device!
I'm a little despered now and don't know what to do.. i get the feeling that my 2 weeks old phone is dead? :'(
My pc has windows 7
Did the flash with SP Flashtool 5.1516
Did not untick preload in flashtool, i guess i got the wrong preload or something??
Please help!
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so you cannot boot into recovery or fastboot either?
Lowrida said:
Yesterday i flashed my Jiayu S3 to lolipop (i tought) and i just bricked my phone!
After reboot it was just dead.. when i plug into pc with USB i hear the connect sound and after 2 seconds the disconnect sound. This keeps on going until i pull the USB plug. When i look in DeviceManager i see it refresh after every sound, but nothing pops up (unknown device or whatever). I deletet all usb drivers with usbdeview, restart pc but still no changes.
I tried with or without battery, but without it does nothing at all.. i tried holding Vol+ or - or both or with power button, but nothing.
Read some threads about unbrick and install correct usb driver for jiayu s3, but all the options they came with does not work on my device!
I'm a little despered now and don't know what to do.. i get the feeling that my 2 weeks old phone is dead? :'(
My pc has windows 7
Did the flash with SP Flashtool 5.1516
Did not untick preload in flashtool, i guess i got the wrong preload or something??
Please help!
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Just flash it again, but this time with "Firmware upgrade " in SP Flashtool instead of "Download". Change from KK to LL needs reepartitioning, so firmware upgrade.
The reason why you don´t "see" the S3 any longer on the pc is, that the USB storage mode from KK, which is driverless for windows, don´t work right now on LL.
Once flashed to LL you will need to install a driver, for windows to connect to the S3.
@ Dior DNA:
No i can't. Phone does nothing with the buttons. Only diference if i hold Vol - then time from connect sound and disconnect sound is a little longer.. about 10 seconds. But still nothing happens.
@1testi:
Flashtools can't see my phone. I tried it a hundred times. With battery, without battery, with Vol - and with Vol +.
When i connect the USB cable i hear the connect sound and after 2 a 3 seconds i hear disconnect sound. This goes on and on until i pull the USB cable out. In devicemanager i see a refresh going on, but nothing pops up.
I'm realy despered on what to do now?
Lowrida said:
@1testi:
Flashtools can't see my phone. I tried it a hundred times. With battery, without battery, with Vol - and with Vol +.
When i connect the USB cable i hear the connect sound and after 2 a 3 seconds i hear disconnect sound. This goes on and on until i pull the USB cable out. In devicemanager i see a refresh going on, but nothing pops up.
I'm realy despered on what to do now?
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Why the SP Flashtool isn´t working any longer? You didn´t deinstalled the driver, did you? Just try to flash again with "Firmware Upgrade".
I don´t know a way to reinstall the driver in windows without the preloader. The only thing you can do, as far as i know, is to use a linux
pc to flash again. Linux don´t need a driver for SPF, only some rules.
Lowrida said:
@ Dior DNA:
No i can't. Phone does nothing with the buttons. Only diference if i hold Vol - then time from connect sound and disconnect sound is a little longer.. about 10 seconds. But still nothing happens.
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Booting into recovery or flashtool I meant regardless of pc and/or spflashtool.
If I recall correctly:
hold volup and power boots recovery
hold voldn and power boots flashtool
If you can boot recovery then which one is it? Maybe you can restore something or manually flash preloader bin from there.
After the flash i reboot and then the connect and disconnect sound appears. So i tried differend things, but could not connect. I wanted to flash again, but flashtool did not reconice the phone and nothing in DeviceManager. That's why i thought to remove the driver and try to re-install it. But that did not help..
Holding Vol - or + button with power button or both Vol buttons with power button does nothing.. i tried to hold all combinations at least 30 seconds, but nothing at all.
I have no Linux pc or any knowhow to make a Linux pc.. or a pc to install Linux on..
One last thing you can try: remove the battery, wait a little, insert the battery again. Hold vol+ key, keep holding it and press power
button, while still holding the vol+. If you don´t see anything happening then you bricked the phone.
You will need help from a professional or at least from someone with a linux machine, sorry.
I'll try that.
You have any idea what could have caused the brick?
As i wrote above, moving from KK to LL with wrong parameter "Download" in SPF.
....and a not working recovery.
You should try this method :
darmowyinternet.net/forum/temat-poradnik-jak-uruchomic-uceglony-telefon-po-wgraniu-zlego-romu-test-point_383
unfortunately you have to translate before
Ok i tried that site with google translate and i could a little make up what they are saying.
But that is a very drastically operation, and i would like to give it some other tries before dismantling my phone.
So i googled and googled.. came here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128
Had enough electronics lying around from my former 27mc hobby, so searched for the right resistors,
cut up a micro usb cable and give it a try... well.. nothing! Tried for about an hour and gave up.
Then i googled on Unbrick Jigs, but for what i read they are only for Samsung phones, so i gues the trick
with the resistors were also?
So googling again... came here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2454004
Reading the tread and the comments, someone mentioned a download for "Mediatek Driver Auto Installer".
Downloaded that and installed the drivers. Plugged in my phone and... whoohoo!! Something is happening! :silly:
My devicemanager saw an "Alcatel single RNDIS interface". I unplugged and plugged my phone a few times to
be sure it was my phone. Sooo... one step further! :good:
Then i googled on this device.. came up with all sorts of network devices, not helpfull. Then googled on Jiayu with
this device. Came up with this tread: https://www.china-devices.com/topic...vcomm-drivers-onto-your-pc-win-7vistaxp-only/
It's a tread about bricked Jiayu G3 devices, but i thought, 'What the heck, lets give it a try!'.
I downloaded the "MTK Megapack - All Tools Here!" and unpacked. Wend back to device manager and manually updated the driver
of the Alcatel device. Show all devices - browse - wend to Megapack map and there were MTK drivers for the 65xx device.
And yess.. when i plug in my phone there's the device: " MTK USB Port (COM7) "
SP Flashtools sees my phone again! :good:
Tried to flash a stock preloader, but got an error: "BROM ERROR : S_FT_ENABLE_DRAM_FAIL (4032) – [EMI] Enable DRAM failed!"
But for now that's a problem for tomorrow.. it's almost 2:30 and i have to got some sleep!
(sorry for the misspellings or telling things not clear, i'm tired and english is not my main language)
Grats!
You can google the error. This leds you in the right direction.
It's alive!!!!!! :laugh::silly::victory:
Because the kitkat stockrom i downloaded gave me the same error over and over i searched for something else.
So i downloaded TF Extreme lolipop 5.1 this morning and give it a try. And all went well. I pulled the usb plug and
pushed power button.. only vibration but nothing. Then pulled the battery and after few seconds put it back in
and try power again. Only 1 vibration.. then tried Vol + and - combinations but nothing. (dammn!)
Then plug the usb in and i saw the battery icon.. it was total empty! (because of a week trying).
So now it's charging and i hope it starts, can't wait!!
Thanx all for the effort in helping me out! :good:
Edit: Ok, so i could not wait and hit power! It shows green screen with Jiayu S3 logo and text "New Load". So i guess it's prepairing for first startup!
my s3 basic is not charging when on.. also when connected to pc thru usb, ipc shows device malfunctioning ,and there is no indication on phone..I try to connect to sp flash tool also no success..same error"usb device not recognized pops up every 2s.everything else is fine..Any method to upgrade to 5.1 now on official kk
Kinda need help, happened something similar
It happened something similar to me.
I flashed the whole ROM, bootloader included, I was very sure that my model, Jiayu S3 3GB ROM + 32GB RAM, was the correct, but still bricked my phone.
There's no problem at all when I plug it into my PC, I installed the lastest MTK drivers on windows 10, having to disable the signature enforcement.
The problem comes when I start flashing. I only mark the bootloader, then I press "Download" (on the lastest version of SP Flash Tools), and plug the phone, with the battery in it (I've tried without battery, pressing all possible combinations and does nothing), when I plug it in with the battery and pressing no buttons, the driver is detected as MTK USB Port. That's a good thing I guess. But It does not pass from the red bar, and gives me the known error "Enable DRAM Failed".
I've tried to google any possible solutions, reinstalling other version of the MTK drivers, on different versions of Windows, with other versions of official ROMs, and the result is always the same.
The only thing that's left to try is flashing it with an Ubuntu machine, which is something I do not expertise to be honest, but I'm gonna gather some info and try to do it.
However, if someone has any idea of what I might be doing wrong (excluding the part when I flashed the bootloader, I'll never do it again), I would be really grateful for any kind of help.
Thank you!
Kiei said:
It happened something similar to me.
I flashed the whole ROM, bootloader included, I was very sure that my model, Jiayu S3 3GB ROM + 32GB RAM, was the correct, but still bricked my phone.
There's no problem at all when I plug it into my PC, I installed the lastest MTK drivers on windows 10, having to disable the signature enforcement.
The problem comes when I start flashing. I only mark the bootloader, then I press "Download" (on the lastest version of SP Flash Tools), and plug the phone, with the battery in it (I've tried without battery, pressing all possible combinations and does nothing), when I plug it in with the battery and pressing no buttons, the driver is detected as MTK USB Port. That's a good thing I guess. But It does not pass from the red bar, and gives me the known error "Enable DRAM Failed".
I've tried to google any possible solutions, reinstalling other version of the MTK drivers, on different versions of Windows, with other versions of official ROMs, and the result is always the same.
The only thing that's left to try is flashing it with an Ubuntu machine, which is something I do not expertise to be honest, but I'm gonna gather some info and try to do it.
However, if someone has any idea of what I might be doing wrong (excluding the part when I flashed the bootloader, I'll never do it again), I would be really grateful for any kind of help.
Thank you!
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Oeps it might be the same problem with the 32GB version as I have.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68036678&postcount=295
I am waiting for a stock ROM backup.
I have learned to never flash the original preloader again.
xtyphoon said:
Oeps it might be the same problem with the 32GB version as I have.
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68036678&postcount=295
I am waiting for a stock ROM backup.
I have learned to never flash the original preloader again.
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You're right, with the 32GB rom version (which is still unavaliable for public use) it worked! I still got it here, so anyone feel free to ask me the link too.
Thanks to xtyphoon and Dior DNA and everyone who made this possible, if you ever come to Girona city, I'll buy you a drink ;D
Kiei said:
[...]if you ever come to Girona city[...]
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I was around there few weeks ago

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